RE: Christians : my problem with Christianity, some questions.
March 24, 2015 at 12:57 pm
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2015 at 1:46 pm by watchamadoodle.)
(March 23, 2015 at 6:50 am)AtlasS2 Wrote: If God had a son, then god is not pure : he displays human behavior & proving that he (just like any creature) has a race & genes. How would I respect my god, if he like humans, reproduce ?In the ancient near east, the diplomatic relationships were described as "father-son" or "brother-brother". Allied kings that were equals would call each other brothers. A weaker king would call himself a son.
Each city was ruled by a god, and the king of that city would be considered the human caretaker of the god's city. The king would be like the son of that god.
A particularly devout person might also be called a "son of God".
I'm sure most people have heard all this before. So "son of God" isn't necessarily a shocking title for a prophet.
EDIT: I realized the title "son of God" wasn't the issue, but the idea of the virgin birth of particular son. So what I said above doesn't help.